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Unique ID: NLM28
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Cast copper alloy crossbow brooch, badly preserved but bearing file marks. Terminal knob made separately and attached to the end of the bow.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Image here lacks a further view appearing on source record. Dating completed (unamended).
Class: Crossbow brooch
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 200
Date to: AD 350
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.9 mm
Width: 28.3 mm
Weight: 16.46 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th September 1997
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Other reference: NLPS0026
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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